Lesson Overview In this lesson I will begin teaching the structure of the Earth by using a PowerPoint presentation. I will have supplemental video to help the students visualize the layers of the earth. I will create a handout to summarize the new information.
Objectives
Students will take notes in order to correctly answer the questions on the worksheet
Students will correctly label the four layers of the Earth
Students will identify one characteristic of each layer of the Earth
Safety Issues Basic classroom safety will be practiced.
Instruction
Opening I will begin the class by asking the students to answer a couple questions about what they know about the interior of the Earth “Raise your hand if you think the Earth is made up of layers” “Does anyone know what the Earth is made up of?” “Raise your hand if you think the Earth is solid….liquid…both.” After engaging the students in the lesson I will briefly review the answers to my opening questions. The students will now be engaged in the lesson and be ready to begin. (5 minutes)
Learning Activities After finishing the opening activity, I will open the PowerPoint of notes. These notes will be written in their notebooks, and also used to fill out a worksheet. I will let the students complete the PowerPoint without any talking, as they are already accustomed to taking notes. After they have finished writing the main points of this section, the students will work in pairs to complete the worksheet. I will use the projection board, which can double as a white board and a computer screen, to help the students understand the information. After the notes and the worksheet, I will show the students two videos. The first is a 3D image of a cross section of the Earth. This will help students visualize the concept of the layers of the Earth, which may be hard for some to understand. After, I will play the “layers of the Earth” song for the students. An optional extra credit assignment would be to create another verse of the song, or to have the students write out the important information from the lyrics. (40 minutes)
Closing I will wrap up the day by explaining to the class how the Earth’s layers are made up of many different “things” and ask them to think about what they would categorize the “things” as. Rocks? Soil? Metal? After I will explain to them that the next class period they will be creating their own questions and experiments based on their thoughts from this question. This will help them really think about the questions they have about what makes up the Earth. (5-10 minutes)
Assessment The worksheet will be used as a formative assessment.
Homework Students will finish the worksheet, if not completed in class.
Unit: Earth’s Interior
Title: Earth’s Structure
Lesson Overview
In this lesson I will begin teaching the structure of the Earth by using a PowerPoint presentation. I will have supplemental video to help the students visualize the layers of the earth. I will create a handout to summarize the new information.
Objectives
Materials
- PowerPoint notes
- Links to videos that supplement lesson
Links to Resourceshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukqe_6L9V54
Simple cross-section animation
http://www.youtube.com/user/fozzils1#p/u/2/Q9j1xGaxYzY
Layers of the Earth song
Safety Issues
Basic classroom safety will be practiced.
Instruction
Opening
I will begin the class by asking the students to answer a couple questions about what they know about the interior of the Earth
“Raise your hand if you think the Earth is made up of layers”
“Does anyone know what the Earth is made up of?”
“Raise your hand if you think the Earth is solid….liquid…both.”
After engaging the students in the lesson I will briefly review the answers to my opening questions. The students will now be engaged in the lesson and be ready to begin.
(5 minutes)
Learning Activities
After finishing the opening activity, I will open the PowerPoint of notes. These notes will be written in their notebooks, and also used to fill out a worksheet. I will let the students complete the PowerPoint without any talking, as they are already accustomed to taking notes. After they have finished writing the main points of this section, the students will work in pairs to complete the worksheet. I will use the projection board, which can double as a white board and a computer screen, to help the students understand the information. After the notes and the worksheet, I will show the students two videos. The first is a 3D image of a cross section of the Earth. This will help students visualize the concept of the layers of the Earth, which may be hard for some to understand. After, I will play the “layers of the Earth” song for the students. An optional extra credit assignment would be to create another verse of the song, or to have the students write out the important information from the lyrics.
(40 minutes)
Closing
I will wrap up the day by explaining to the class how the Earth’s layers are made up of many different “things” and ask them to think about what they would categorize the “things” as. Rocks? Soil? Metal? After I will explain to them that the next class period they will be creating their own questions and experiments based on their thoughts from this question. This will help them really think about the questions they have about what makes up the Earth.
(5-10 minutes)
Assessment
The worksheet will be used as a formative assessment.
Homework
Students will finish the worksheet, if not completed in class.
Additional Notes
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